"Elvis Presley Lake Elvis Presley Lake is a lake in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. The lake is named for musician Elvis Presley, who was born in nearby Tupelo. A campground is located on the east shore of the lake. Private cottages are also located on the lake. Pleasure boating is permitted on Elvis Presley Lake, and a boatramp is located at the campground. Other recreational activities include swimming and fishing, and hiking trails are located nearby. Blue catfish are abundant in the lake. A tornado in 2014 destroyed a fishing pier and 95 percent of the trees at the"
"Blue Christmas (song) ""Blue Christmas"" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of Christmas music, especially in the country genre. The song was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948, and was popularized the following year in three separate recordings: one by country artist Ernest Tubb, one by musical conductor and arranger Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra and chorus, and one by bandleader Russ Morgan and his orchestra (the latter featuring lead vocals"
"country artists, as well as some working in other genres. The following are charting recordings. Blue Christmas (song) ""Blue Christmas"" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of Christmas music, especially in the country genre. The song was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948, and was popularized the following year in three separate recordings: one by country artist Ernest Tubb, one by musical conductor and arranger Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra and"
"Elvis' Christmas Album Elvis' Christmas Album (also reissued as It's Christmas Time) is the third studio album and first Christmas album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley on RCA Victor, LOC -1035, a deluxe limited edition, released in October 1957, and recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. It has been reissued in numerous different formats since its first release. It spent four weeks at number one on the ""Billboard"" Top Pop Albums chart, and was the first of two Christmas-themed albums Presley would record, the other being ""Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas"", released in 1971. The publication"
"to what is now the common standard for this song; the orchestral backing of this recording has often been wrongly accredited to Winterhalter. Elvis Presley cemented the status of ""Blue Christmas"" as a rock-and-roll holiday classic by recording it for his 1957 LP ""Elvis' Christmas Album"". Presley's version is notable musicologically as well as culturally in that the vocal group the Jordanaires (especially in the soprano line, sung by Millie Kirkham) replace many major and just minor thirds with neutral and septimal minor thirds, respectively. In addition to contributing to the overall tone of the song, the resulting ""blue notes"""
"Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (also known as Christmas with Elvis) is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley (1935–77). It was released on October 6, 2017, by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings. It is the third album recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, following ""If I Can Dream"" (2015) and ""The Wonder of You"" (2016), both of which topped the UK Albums Chart. The album features archival vocal recordings of Elvis from the albums ""Elvis' Christmas Album"" (1957) and ""Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas"" (1971)"
"constitute a musical play on words that provides an ""inside joke"" or ""quail egg"" to trained ears. ""Blue Christmas"" was also included on a 1957 45 EP (Extended Play) entitled ""Elvis Sings Christmas Songs"" (EPA-4108), which also included ""Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)"" on side one, with ""Santa Claus Is Back in Town"" and ""I'll Be Home for Christmas"" on side two. Presley's original 1957 version was released as a commercially available single for the first time in 1964. This single was also a hit in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 11 on the British singles chart during"
"in December 1966. If Every Day Was Like Christmas ""If Every Day Was Like Christmas"" is a 1966 Christmas song by Elvis Presley released as a single and featured on his 1970 Camden ""Elvis' Christmas Album"". The song was released on November 15, 1966 as an RCA Victor 45 single, 47-8950, backed with ""How Would You Like To Be"" from the movie ""It Happened at the World's Fair"". The track was recorded on June 10, 1966 at RCA Studio B in Nashville. Elvis Presley's lead vocals were added on June 12. Background vocals were provided by Millie Kirkham, The Jordanaires,"
"Color of the Blues ""Color of the Blues"" is a 1958 country song written by George Jones and Lawton Williams and released by Jones on January 15, 1958. By the time of the release of ""Color of the Blues"" in 1957, Jones had been releasing singles for three years and had scored four Top 10 hits: ""Why Baby Why"" (1955), ""You Gotta Be My Baby"" (1956), ""Just One More"" (1956), and ""Don't Stop the Music"" (1957). However, his three previous singles had failed to chart and, in the wake of Elvis Presley's explosion in popularity, he had even recorded a"
"Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas Elvis sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas is the fifteenth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released in October 1971. It was his first Christmas album with new recordings since ""Elvis' Christmas Album"" (1957). The album's single, ""Merry Christmas Baby"" / ""O Come All Ye Faithful"", was later released in November 1971. This album was a top seller and topped the Billboard Holiday Albums Chart, and would have charted high on the Billboard 200 but from 1963 to 1973, holiday albums were not allowed to chart. It did not have"
"the commercial appeal of Elvis’ first Christmas album but over the years, it has become a perennial favorite. It was certified Gold on November 4, 1977, Platinum on December 1, 1977, 2x Platinum on May 20, 1988 and 3x Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA. Several of the songs on the album were published by Elvis Presley's publishing company, such as ""Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees"", ""I'll Be Home on Christmas Day"", ""If I Get Home on Christmas Day"", and ""On a Snowy Christmas Night"". Presley is accompanied on most of the songs by The Imperials Quartet. On"
"sales in excess of 60.000 copies. On 22 December 2017, the BPI up graded the album to a Gold certification, reflecting sales of over 100.000 copies. Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (also known as Christmas with Elvis) is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley (1935–77). It was released on October 6, 2017, by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings. It is the third album recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, following ""If I Can Dream"" (2015) and ""The Wonder of You"" (2016), both of which topped the UK"
"If Every Day Was Like Christmas ""If Every Day Was Like Christmas"" is a 1966 Christmas song by Elvis Presley released as a single and featured on his 1970 Camden ""Elvis' Christmas Album"". The song was released on November 15, 1966 as an RCA Victor 45 single, 47-8950, backed with ""How Would You Like To Be"" from the movie ""It Happened at the World's Fair"". The track was recorded on June 10, 1966 at RCA Studio B in Nashville. Elvis Presley's lead vocals were added on June 12. Background vocals were provided by Millie Kirkham, The Jordanaires, and The Imperials"
"Elvis' 40 Greatest Elvis' 40 Greatest is a compilation album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. It was released in 1974 and was the UK's biggest-selling album over the Christmas period of that year, but along with all albums on K-tel, Ronco and Arcade, it was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart until 1975 because it was felt that heavy TV advertising and low pricing distorted the charts. It finally reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1977, and became the 10th best-selling album of the 1970s in the UK. It was originally pressed with a brown"
"Wooden Heart ""Wooden Heart"" ("""" ""lit."" Must I then) is a song best known for its use in the 1960 Elvis Presley film ""G.I. Blues"". The song was a hit single for Presley in the UK Singles Chart, making No. 1 for six weeks there in March and April 1961, but was not released on a single in the United States until November 1964, where it was the B-side to ""Blue Christmas"". Presley performed the song live during his Dinner Show concert at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in 1975, a recording available on the Elvis Presley live album"
"Elvis Presley's Pink Cadillac Elvis Presley's iconic Pink Cadillac was a 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood. It set style for the era, was sung about in popular culture, and was copied by others around the world. The car is now preserved in the Graceland museum, in Memphis, Tennessee. In early 1955, Elvis bought his first Cadillac, a 1954 Fleetwood Series 60, which was the color pink. The car provided transport for Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys, but after the failure of a brake lining, was destroyed in a roadside fire between Hope and Texarkana, Arkansas, on June 5, 1955. On July"
"Blue Hawaii (soundtrack) Blue Hawaii is the fourth soundtrack album by American singer Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2426, on October 20, 1961. It is the soundtrack to the 1961 film of the same name starring Presley. In the United States, the album spent 20 weeks at the number one slot and 39 weeks in the Top 10 on ""Billboard""s Top Pop LPs chart. It was certified Gold on December 21, 1961, Platinum and 2x Platinum on March 27, 1992 and 3x Platinum on July 30, 2002 by the Recording Industry Association of"
"lady, as well as PM Koizumi of Japan. https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/memphis-united-states-the-presidential-cadillac-carrying-us-president-picture-id71341958 Elvis Presley's Pink Cadillac Elvis Presley's iconic Pink Cadillac was a 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood. It set style for the era, was sung about in popular culture, and was copied by others around the world. The car is now preserved in the Graceland museum, in Memphis, Tennessee. In early 1955, Elvis bought his first Cadillac, a 1954 Fleetwood Series 60, which was the color pink. The car provided transport for Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys, but after the failure of a brake lining, was destroyed in a roadside fire between Hope"
"Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (instrumental) ""Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"" is a 1983 instrumental by Japanese electronic composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. The song was originally made for the film of the same name. In recent years, the song has become a staple of holiday music in the USA, Britain and Japan. A vocal version of this song was released titled """"Forbidden Colours"""" which featured the same instrumental music and vocals by former Japan frontman David Sylvian; it charted in the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart. There is a 12"" vinyl Italo disco cover version on the"
"""Blue Christmas"" was recorded with Martina McBride using mainly acoustic instrumentation in order to obtain a similar arrangement to the one used in the informal segments of Presley's '68 Comeback Special. Also, shots of McBride performing the song were digitally inserted into footage, taken from the original special, of Presley performing the same song, to use as a promotional music video for the album. The second version of ""Blue Christmas"" was never officially released outside the video. On March 8, 2018, the album was awarded a Gold certification by the RIAA for selling in excess of 500,000 copies. Albums Singles"
"the week of 26 December 1964. The rock band The Beach Boys recorded a version featuring Brian Wilson on lead vocals, releasing it in the United States on November 16, 1964, in two separate formats simultaneously:<br> (""a"") the B-side of ""The Man with All the Toys"" single.<br> (""b"") a track on ""The Beach Boys' Christmas Album"".<br> The Beach Boys' version reached No. 3 on the US Christmas charts, but did not chart in the UK. Sourced from Keith Flynn. Sourced from Keith Flynn. Following the success of Presley's version, the song has been recorded by a host of rock and"
"5, 1955, Elvis purchased a new Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 in blue with a black roof. Having mentioned a Pink Cadillac in the song ""Baby, Let's Play House"", the first song recorded by Elvis to appear on a national chart which made #5 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in July 1955; Elvis had the car repainted by Art, a neighbour on Lamar Street. Art designed a customised pink color for Elvis which he named ""Elvis Rose,"" but the car kept its black roof. Once the car was finished Elvis gave it to his mother Gladys as a gift. Mrs."
"White Christmas (Martina McBride album) White Christmas is the fifth album and an album of covers of Christmas songs by country singer Martina McBride issued by RCA Records in 1998. The album was reissued in 1999 with new artwork and two new tracks. It was re-released for the second time in October 2007 with newer artwork and four new tracks added. In 2013, it was reisused for a third time as ""The Classic Christmas Album"". The re-release added her Elvis Presley duet, ""Blue Christmas"", which was originally released on his posthumous album ""Christmas Duets"", while removing the track ""Jingle Bells"""
"Moody Blue Moody Blue is the twenty-fourth and final studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in July 1977, less than a month before his death. The album was a mixture of live and studio work, and included the four tracks from Presley's final studio recording sessions in October 1976 and two tracks left over from the previous Graceland session in February 1976. ""Moody Blue"" was a previously published hit song recorded at the earlier Graceland session and held over for this album. Also recorded at the February session was ""She Thinks I Still"
"Forbidden Colours ""Forbidden Colours"" is a 1983 song by David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The song is the vocal version of the theme from the Nagisa Oshima film ""Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"" (in certain territories retitled ""Furyo""). It appears on the film's soundtrack album and was released as a single on Virgin Records in 1983 (the second collaborative single release by Sylvian and Sakamoto, following 1982's ""Bamboo Houses""). The title of the song is taken from Japanese writer Yukio Mishima's 1953 novel ""Forbidden Colors""; although not directly related to the film, both works include exploration of homosexual themes. In 1984"
"would be added to eight recordings of Christmas songs for his first holiday album. Peace in the Valley (EP) Peace in the Valley is an EP by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released in April 1957 on RCA Victor Records in mono with catalogue number EPA 4054. It reached number three on the short-lived ""Billboard"" EP chart, number three on the album chart and number 39 on the singles chart. By the 1950s, Presley's hometown of Memphis, Tennessee had become a center for gospel music in the United States. Presley grew up listening to this music, and maintained an"
"to 10 routed the signal directly through a 1 meg pot which supposedly cut bass, although how this was to be accomplished without a series capacitor remains a mystery. This model was available in Black/Gold Paisley, Black/Candy Red Paisley, Pearl White and Frost Red. The current Upgrade model features a solid basswood body finished in solid Olympic Pearl, or with a flame design in Red Paisley or Blue Paisley on a black background. This model is based on a 1969 Paisley Red model Telecaster (popularly called Pink Paisley) that Burton played while touring with Elvis Presley from 1969 to 1977."
"Christmas (Creeper EP) Christmas is the fourth extended play (EP) by English punk rock band Creeper. Released on 8 December 2017 by Roadrunner Records, it features cover versions of two popular Christmas songs – ""Fairytale of New York"", originally recorded by The Pogues, and ""Blue Christmas"", most famously recorded by Elvis Presley – as well as an original track called ""Same Time Next Year?"". The EP was preceded by the release of ""Fairytale of New York"" as a single on 1 December 2017. Creeper's ""Christmas"" EP was announced on 1 December 2017, with the band's recording of The Pogues' ""Fairytale"
"blue with rainbow labels. While the initial MCA pressings were in re-channeled stereo (as on the post-1963 Decca issues), the original ""dry"" mono mixes were restored to several of the later MCA pressings- most notably on the blue with rainbow labels. In 1986 ""Merry Christmas"" was transferred to compact disc, MCAD-31143 and included these same twelve songs in their original mono mixes. Universal Music Group (successor to MCA Records) changed the name of the album to ""White Christmas"", keeping the contents and the catalogue number unchanged. A new mono re-master was made in 1992 and reissued in 1995. It was"
"Lonely This Christmas ""Lonely This Christmas"" is a popular Christmas song by the English glam rock band Mud, that topped the UK Singles Chart in 1974, selling over 750,000 copies and reaching Christmas number one. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, ""Lonely This Christmas"" was Mud's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975. It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production team, and was performed in the style of Elvis Presley's slower songs from his later career. The"
"Home for Christmas (Susan Boyle album) Home for Christmas is the fifth studio album and second Christmas album by Scottish singer Susan Boyle. It was released on 25 October 2013 in Australia, on 29 October in the United States, and on 25 November 2013 in the United Kingdom. The album is a Christmas holiday album featuring a posthumous duet with Elvis Presley who died in 1977 and two duets with Johnny Mathis and The Overtones. The album also features an original song, ""Miracle Hymn"", written for Boyle's debut acting role in the film ""The Christmas Candle"". Boyle was granted permission"
"Kissin' Cousins (soundtrack) Kissin' Cousins is the eighth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2894, in April 1964. It is the soundtrack to the 1964 film of the same name starring Presley. Recording sessions took place at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 26 and 27, and September 29 and 30, 1963. It peaked at number six on the ""Billboard"" Top LP's chart. The album was certified Gold on March 27, 1992 by the Recording Industry Association of America. Since the sessions for ""Viva Las Vegas"""
"McPhatter's group, The Drifters, which had been a Top 10 hit on the R&B singles chart in 1954 and 1955. Unlike Elvis's recording, however, their version attracted virtually no adverse reaction, and certainly no reported opposition from Irving Berlin. Part of the reason that The Drifters' version of ""White Christmas"" was less controversial was because that version was played only on black radio stations. Elvis Presley's version brought greater attention to The Drifters' version which gained prominence with its inclusion in the 1990 movie ""Home Alone"". Original 1957 copies of ""Elvis' Christmas Album"" (LOC-1035) were issued with a red booklet-like"